Speaking of a nation's national character' can be a rather dicey prospect, from the point of view of political correctness as in light of a responsible academic's fear of making hasty or uniformed sociological generalizations about a people or a country. However, the marked and noted dif...

Nobody sees a flower-really-it is so small it takes time-we haven't time-and to see takes time, likes to have a friend takes time. Georgia O'Keefe (1887-1986) When I take a look at myself and review the systems in my world, there are two that stand out the most, but one that prevails a...

Family Values Throughout the history of mankind, family structure, values and qualities were fairly well remained. However, in today's society, due to lack of religion and morality among other things, the family value system is rapidly failing. Our society must emphasize the good values of the...

Throughout the history of mankind, family structure, values and qualities were fairly well remained. However, in today's society, due to lack of religion and morality among other things, the family value system is rapidly failing. Our society must emphasize the good values of the traditional...

True Heroes-Parents We hear the word hero all of the time. The news media throws the term around as if it is an everyday word. What exactly is a hero? Who, or what, can be classified as a heroic? The correct definition of the word hero is: One invested with heroic qualities in the opinions of other...

There have been many changes from my parent's generation to my own. My parents were both born in the mid 1950's while I made my entrance into the world in 1985. There has been a great increase in technology which has made life a lot easier for my generation. My parent's did not hav...

In retrospect of your own development, (1) What do you see as changes and what as continuity? As I continue to grow there are many changes that I go through. Quantitatively there's getting taller, gaining and losing weight, and just growing in the physical aspect. Qualitatively there&apos...

Divorce; Are the Children really the victims? Presently the divorce rate is increasing at a surprising rate, and close to 50% of children is growing up in a single parent environment. One out of every two marriages today ends in divorce and many divorcing families include chil...